It's now 15 months since Russia invaded Ukraine. The US leapt in with immediate sanctions on its diamonds, but with a loophole so big you could drive a bus through it. China has strengthened its ties with Russia, the UAE has remained decidedly neutral, as has India,  Read More...

We've not heard much from Alrosa of late. Russia's state-controlled miner has been more or less incommunicado since tanks rolled into Ukraine last February. I was scrolling through my WhatsApp exchanges with their press office in an idle moment. The edited... Read More...

Call it speed dating, call it matchmaking, it doesn't really matter. It's about getting every diamond buyer in the room with every seller - so they do more deals. Trade shows are traditionally a place to renew old acquaintances, and seek new opportunities.... Read More...

The diamond industry has faced three major disruptive factors in the past three years: lab grown diamonds, the global pandemic, and the Russia-Ukraine war. Spacecode, a Swiss company focused on automated diamond inventory management systems, has developed Read More...

Jewelers in India have done something unusual. They've created a ring with more diamonds than any other - 50,907 to be precise - which has earned them a Guinness World Record. But the number of diamonds is not, for me, the unusual part. I have no doubt that... Read More...

Inherent value. That's a phrase that's been swirling about my mind in recent weeks as I've tried to resolve a nagging diamond-related doubt. Thankfully I am now cured, so I shall unburden myself and explain the doubt. And the resolution. David Kellie, CEO of ... Read More...

In 150 years of modern diamond mining we have extracted, according to GIA estimates, approximately 4.5 billion carats. Of those 4.5 billion carats, there have been just three documented cases of a "diamond within a diamond". Read More...

You don't have to be an expert to know that pink diamonds are rather pricey. And that they're likely becoming even pricier following the closure in 2020 of the iconic Argyle mine in Australia, which produced 90 per cent of the world's pinks.... Read More...

There was no elephant in the room at Israel Diamond Week. Lab growns were very much front and center in the minds of almost everyone who appeared on stage. They are, of course, no threat whatsoever to the natural diamond sector. That'll be why everyone... Read More...

Britain has finally said sorry to India for taking the Koh-i-Nor diamond. Not quite sorry enough to give it back. But sorry enough to acknowledge that in its imperial zeal it may have somewhat overstepped the mark in forcing a 10-year-old boy to hand over the gem.  Read More...